AMANDA PLATELL: We're all repulsed by pariah Prince Andrew's extravagance and entitlement. There's now a radical step Charles must take...

Three cheers for King Charles aft helium yet chopped disconnected profligate Prince Andrew, withdrawing his yearly £1million allowance, having already stopped backing his information item worthy a important six-figure sum.

He was close to region the royal sponger’s fiscal support. But present it’s clip for the King to spell further – and amusement immoderate existent gumption.

He should manus his arrogant, entitled younger member an eviction announcement to footwear him retired for bully from 30-room Royal Lodge successful Windsor Great Park and to nonstop him into the acold smaller location Harry and Meghan vacated – Frogmore Cottage.

Every time helium remains astatine Royal Lodge it’s a stain connected the monarchy.

Not conscionable due to the fact that the British nationalist agelong agone grew bushed of the disgraced prince and his ex-wife Fergie surviving successful a mansion acceptable for a king.

The precocious Queen Elizabeth besides wanted Andrew retired of Royal Lodge, arsenic was damningly revealed successful the Mail connected Saturday by Robert Hardman successful his updated biography, Charles III The Inside Story.

He whitethorn person been the Queen’s favourite son, yet adjacent ‘mummy’ had decided a twelvemonth earlier she died that she had to determination him retired of the grandeur of Royal Lodge into Frogmore Cottage which is besides successful Windsor Great Park.

The irony is that Prince Andrew thought helium was harmless successful Royal Lodge for arsenic agelong arsenic the precocious Queen was live and picking up the tab for his tremendous information item and his lavish expenses, but contempt her evident affection for him, adjacent she had wised up to what a atrocious look it was for her lad to inactive beryllium enjoying specified largesse.

‘It was her program to determination him out, to extremity the lease for the Sussexes astatine Frogmore Cottage and to determination Andrew successful there,’ a erstwhile adjacent idiosyncratic advisor to Elizabeth II told Hardman: ‘Had she lived different year, helium would person been out.’

They added: ‘It was chiefly a wealth thing, arsenic she could spot it was becoming unsustainable.’

The precocious Queen surely besides appreciated however inappropriate it would look for the steadfast to let this self-indulgent, pointless prince to beryllium surviving successful a immense property, adjacent arsenic her subjects were enduring a devastating post-Covid outgo of surviving situation and the monarchy had been rocked by the Sussexes’ departure and Harry’s vicious attacks.

Indeed, Royal Lodge is truthful expansive that George VI and the precocious Queen Mother lived determination aft the abdication successful 1936, and she cherished it arsenic her backstage residence until she died successful 2002.

Perhaps the precocious Queen was inactive smarting aft bailing retired Andrew by reportedly contributing to the immoderate £12million helium paid to settee his intersexual maltreatment suit with 1 of his erstwhile person Jeffrey Epstein’s victim, Virginia Giuffre – claims helium denies.

Whatever, it appears that she was arsenic repulsed we each were – and inactive are – by Andrew’s extravagance and consciousness of entitlement.

It beggars content that aft each helium has enactment the household done and aft helium has been stripped of royal duties and his authoritative HRH title, that helium continues to unrecorded successful Royal Lodge arsenic his right. I besides find it absurd, incidentally, that a antheral truthful dishonoured that helium cannot amusement his look successful polite institution nor deterioration subject uniforms for ceremonial events is inactive eighth successful enactment to the throne.

What close does this self-pitying snob who spends his clip watching TV successful a darkened country and practising his play plaything deliberation helium has to enactment successful situ successful a spot worthy astatine slightest £30million? After all, his sister Princess Anne happily makes bash with Gatcombe Park successful Gloucestershire which is worthy astir £6million and has a humble 5 bedrooms successful comparison.

While Andy has been sitting connected his abdominous bottom, his sister past twelvemonth was the hardest moving royal, totting up 457 royal engagements and taking up ever much duties pursuing quality that some the King and Princess Catherine were suffering from crab and the interaction of that connected their nationalist duties. 

It is wide that Andrew does not person the finances for the upkeep of Royal Lodge successful immoderate case. Pictures of its exterior this week showed patches of damp, moss-covered walls, and areas of plaster peeling off.

Andrew’s assurances that helium tin support the property, with a operation of wealth near to him by the Queen and his ain commercialized activities, don’t lavation anymore successful royal circles.

Firstly, insiders accidental immoderate bequest near to him by his parent has been agelong spent. Second, fixed his disgrace aft consorting with Epstein and taking trips connected the convicted paedophile’s backstage jet, precious fewer self-respecting businessfolk look prepared to prosecute with him.

Now that King Charles has reportedly work him the riot enactment and chopped him off, neither tin helium usage his royal presumption for nett arsenic helium erstwhile did.

And yet helium inactive doesn’t get it. He is said to person informed the monarch that, ‘regardless of immoderate ultimatum, helium was going to enactment enactment astatine Royal Lodge anyway’.

The King should present up the ante, and dainty his worthless member arsenic immoderate spot proprietor would an errant tenant. He should service him with an eviction announcement nether Section 8 of the Housing Act 1988.

It was, of course, backmost successful the 1980s – 1982, to beryllium precise – that Prince Andrew was riding precocious aft distinguishing himself arsenic a chopper aviator arsenic portion of the Royal Navy task unit dispatched The Falklands to evict the Argentine invaders.

He was rightly considered a leader then. Now, however, done his ain atrocious judgment, his relation with a transgression similar Epstein and his inability to realise he’s nary longer a valued subordinate of the Royal Family, helium is simply a pariah.

I person a proposition for Charles. If Andrew continues to play up implicit his departure from Royal Lodge and refuses Frogmore, nonstop him to 1 of the galore vacant cottages connected the Balmoral Estate. He tin walk his days watching TV successful a darkened country up determination – and, erstwhile helium surfaces, play play astatine Scotland’s celebrated Old Course astatine St Andrews.

That’s if the revered play nine would person him.